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anybody from fema? anybody? when a form is produced, do you go out to the customer and find out if the form is understood by the customer? >> i'm not from fema but i do want to note there are often times when the national emergency management administration will provide comments and feedback on the accessibility of policies and different program changes. that's an excellent suggestion and something i would like to take back to our organization. >> your people understand fema better than most people do. you need to go to the public and say i have this form, do you understand or do you think it is something else because a lot of these forms are intimidating. the second thing is, maybe my idea would be to empower the states and counties more to be more accountable to the process, to be more like a block grant, and give a broad grant to what they need and justify at the end not so much this process but at the end, it takes so many years to get something built or rebuilt and these prices keep escalating. the process
anybody from fema? anybody? when a form is produced, do you go out to the customer and find out if the form is understood by the customer? >> i'm not from fema but i do want to note there are often times when the national emergency management administration will provide comments and feedback on the accessibility of policies and different program changes. that's an excellent suggestion and something i would like to take back to our organization. >> your people understand fema better...
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has fema talk to the other agencies on a regular basis? >> this is an area we also identified as a challenge. fema as we talked about has its own complicated program that for a state or locality they areci absorbing other complicated federal programs from hide and sba and treasury and other agencies. there is some informal coordination but unfortunately the programs are not synchronized or harmonized in a way that make it easier to use. often times just exponentially increases the complexity with more agencies are involved. >> and with those rules and regulations, thank you madame chair my time w is up. >> and mr. gray has been concerned about that and we will hear from him in a minute. and when heio recruits on college campuses that historic black colleges and minority serving institutions so we can help to build diversity. >> thank you madame chair for the hearing today fema is always an issue especially in the western states as well that therere is a lot of chatter about climate change every committee and conversation with the l 1 milli
has fema talk to the other agencies on a regular basis? >> this is an area we also identified as a challenge. fema as we talked about has its own complicated program that for a state or locality they areci absorbing other complicated federal programs from hide and sba and treasury and other agencies. there is some informal coordination but unfortunately the programs are not synchronized or harmonized in a way that make it easier to use. often times just exponentially increases the...
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anybody from fema? when it's produced, do you go to the customer and find out if the form is understood by the customer? >> i am not from fema but i do want to note that there are often times where the national emergency organizations will have the opportunity to provide feedback on accessibility of policies and programs changes, that is an excellent suggestion and definitely something i would like to take to our organization to look at as well. >> by the way, don't use your people either because your people understand fema better than most people so you need to go to the public and say i have this one, we wanted to do this, do you understand it or do you think of something else? a lot of the forms are intimidating especially from the federal government. we need to make this easier and maybe my idea what the to empower the state more in the counties to be more accountable in the process and be more like a brought given and an estimation of the damages and you give a block grant to the states of what the
anybody from fema? when it's produced, do you go to the customer and find out if the form is understood by the customer? >> i am not from fema but i do want to note that there are often times where the national emergency organizations will have the opportunity to provide feedback on accessibility of policies and programs changes, that is an excellent suggestion and definitely something i would like to take to our organization to look at as well. >> by the way, don't use your people...
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waste at fema and grant programs administered by fema has been described in detail by senator coburn, the gao and the inspector general. one of our witnesses today,, inspector general ross found in reports that maryland bought nearly $70,000 worth of computer equipment that did nothing with for mere nearly a year and a half. in 2012, senator coburn reviewed on fema grant program and concluded the program is struggling to demonstrate how it is making us cities less honorable to attack and more prepared if one were to occur despite receiving over $7 billion in federal funding. after 10 years, the crew danger for the termination initiative grant program is that it would be transformed from a risk-based program targeting security gas into an entitlement program for states and cities. i think that risk still exists and in many states are supplanting some of their typical expenditures they would commonly pay for themselves with federal money. i don't think to thisday we've adequately corrected the deficiencies that doctor coburn found . just last month inspector general ross also released r
waste at fema and grant programs administered by fema has been described in detail by senator coburn, the gao and the inspector general. one of our witnesses today,, inspector general ross found in reports that maryland bought nearly $70,000 worth of computer equipment that did nothing with for mere nearly a year and a half. in 2012, senator coburn reviewed on fema grant program and concluded the program is struggling to demonstrate how it is making us cities less honorable to attack and more...
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fema now sells it. a lot of people, about 5 million fema policies which is way short of the number of policies there should be. a lot of people don't buy it because it's not cheap. host: the gao puts the program of flood insurance on its high sk list year after year. they say it's experienced difficult chaenges because it's tasked with two competing goals, keeping it affordable and keeping the program solvent. it has led tium rates that that has transferred some of the ncial burden for individual property owners to taxpayers. as of september, 2022, the debt was huge after having canceled $16 billion of debt in 2017. guest: that is changing. the flood insurance program that fema runs has always been a hybrid of an insurance program and a social welfare program. as you say, there are these two conflicting demands in federal law that say it should be run like a business, like your homeowner insurance reflection rates. the flood insurance should reflect the flood risk of your property and yet there is langu
fema now sells it. a lot of people, about 5 million fema policies which is way short of the number of policies there should be. a lot of people don't buy it because it's not cheap. host: the gao puts the program of flood insurance on its high sk list year after year. they say it's experienced difficult chaenges because it's tasked with two competing goals, keeping it affordable and keeping the program solvent. it has led tium rates that that has transferred some of the ncial burden for...
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that was the fema we had during katrina and rita was a fema that didn't work. it has gotten a little bit better but a lot of the rules and i want to be clear because i want the mayor to understand the at lot of the rules fema is operating under are rules set-up by this united states congress. that act is a colossal mess. when i got here, i took my memories of katrina and rita and in introduced a fema reform act. it has not seen the light of the day because it has not been a priority. i would hope both sides come together especially after south carolina and west virginia and the other disasters fema has to respond to so we can make things make sense. i think you have to give the fema administrator the ability to weigh the provisions of the stafford act. it makes no sense we spend $60-$80,000 to bring in a trailer when that money could make that homeowner whole. but we can't because the stafford act says we cannot put any money into permanent housing. that is not a fema problem. that is a congress problem. and let me just take a moment to thank the president for
that was the fema we had during katrina and rita was a fema that didn't work. it has gotten a little bit better but a lot of the rules and i want to be clear because i want the mayor to understand the at lot of the rules fema is operating under are rules set-up by this united states congress. that act is a colossal mess. when i got here, i took my memories of katrina and rita and in introduced a fema reform act. it has not seen the light of the day because it has not been a priority. i would...
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wepr know response from lettersf the full committee to fema that the key fema personnel have been diverted by the secretary to assist with bringing people into the country illegally. the emergency food and shelter program to help homeless americans has become a program for foreignun nationals residing in our communities and in our cities. i know that i may disagree with any of my colleagues on the role of the federal government and what it should play when it comes to disasters, but regardless, fema should not be used to advance objectives and fema resources, taxpayer resources should not be diverted for other purposes unrelated to its mission. ultimately, all of this impacts the readiness and ability to respond to disasters happening across our country from maui's wildfires to hurricane idalia and multiple flooding events. we can debate the role of the federal government, but at the very least, we need to ensure that fema is focused on its core mission because that is the oneh thing that this congress or a congress andbu the president agreed to an assigned to law. i look forward to hearin
wepr know response from lettersf the full committee to fema that the key fema personnel have been diverted by the secretary to assist with bringing people into the country illegally. the emergency food and shelter program to help homeless americans has become a program for foreignun nationals residing in our communities and in our cities. i know that i may disagree with any of my colleagues on the role of the federal government and what it should play when it comes to disasters, but regardless,...
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thank you to fema for that. good administrator, my district in california has suffered from wildfires this last year as well as yesterday we had a 4.1 earthquake and so we face a range of natural hazards. we found that climate change is exasperating may of these disasters in effect and i know you understand is a fellow firefighter the importance of resiliency and predisaster medication. congressional action of the past few years has emphasized predisaster mitigation fema has greater emphasis on predisaster mitigation. the building infrastructures and communities. a total of 500 million was available in 2020. president biden's approval to provide 1 million for this fiscal year. is been in the second way to support predisaster mitigation but we are only able to fund 500 million of the proximally 3.6 billion requested. what you thank you so best way to address the pre- disaster funding read. .deanne: i am sorry, i don't think we were unmute it and i apologize predisaster mitigation forut the get is a critical compo
thank you to fema for that. good administrator, my district in california has suffered from wildfires this last year as well as yesterday we had a 4.1 earthquake and so we face a range of natural hazards. we found that climate change is exasperating may of these disasters in effect and i know you understand is a fellow firefighter the importance of resiliency and predisaster medication. congressional action of the past few years has emphasized predisaster mitigation fema has greater emphasis on...
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with fema support. so fema will continue to fund the recovery for smaller disasters but increasingly we will be looking for state and local governments to manage those programs. now, i will assert maybe that's a high goal. it depends on what state or you're talking about whether or not they can step up and manage those programs but let's go back to the example i gave earlier about housing in texas following hurricane harvey. i told you the governor stepped up to the play can sit we can manage this. that's exactly what he did. the state stepped forward and is running the housing mission that is federally funded. this allows the state to administer innovative housing solutions that are appropriate for your state and local governments with full fema support. we have a term for this and this term i hope it goes viral. which is for the smaller disasters we hope to have federally supported, state managed, locally executed. cell federally supported, state managed and locally executed recovery programs. now to
with fema support. so fema will continue to fund the recovery for smaller disasters but increasingly we will be looking for state and local governments to manage those programs. now, i will assert maybe that's a high goal. it depends on what state or you're talking about whether or not they can step up and manage those programs but let's go back to the example i gave earlier about housing in texas following hurricane harvey. i told you the governor stepped up to the play can sit we can manage...
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the it for fema. i have concerns with fema's readiness as well as approach to dealing with state and local territory and tribal entities and will highlight it later in my statement. first would like to note what i hope to hear in your testimony today. i'd like to hear your vision for the following. how would you make sure that fema is adequately staffed due to staff burnout. how can they revamp this for applicants, bureaucrat particular and takes too long. how does fema plan to view grants going forward and does fema think any changes should be made as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11. what role can fema play in shoring up the community of securities which funded law enforcement critical to the mohammed security mission. how does fema view its role in future pam, should fema take the lead or a support role. how does fema plan for the flood insurance program. what is the future for the brick program and how do you make sure it's the program that congress envisioned and interested how fema will
the it for fema. i have concerns with fema's readiness as well as approach to dealing with state and local territory and tribal entities and will highlight it later in my statement. first would like to note what i hope to hear in your testimony today. i'd like to hear your vision for the following. how would you make sure that fema is adequately staffed due to staff burnout. how can they revamp this for applicants, bureaucrat particular and takes too long. how does fema plan to view grants...
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public what fema can or can't do. and our strategic plan it really isn't. so much of what i'm talking about resonates with state and local emergency managers. and they say can we take this and make it our own? absolutely. one emergency manager from the state of florida came up to me and said this is the bible, this is what he was going to use to galvanize the state emergency management efforts on this topic. whether it be the expectation gap or any other priorities in our strategic plan we want to work with state and local emergency partners to get the word out to individuals and communities to know what we expect of them. and what neighbors should expect from each other. neighbors helping neighbor. fema is -- supports the state and very bureaucratically with the stafford act does, what our statute does is provide supplemental assistance. .. >> from your civil defense perspective, a lot of our adversaries are considering combine cyber and electronic, electromagnetic pulse attacks. how would fema playing that role in s
public what fema can or can't do. and our strategic plan it really isn't. so much of what i'm talking about resonates with state and local emergency managers. and they say can we take this and make it our own? absolutely. one emergency manager from the state of florida came up to me and said this is the bible, this is what he was going to use to galvanize the state emergency management efforts on this topic. whether it be the expectation gap or any other priorities in our strategic plan we want...
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as the fema administrator it's been my honor to work alongside dedicated members of fema. i want to recognize the partners commitment in the nation's response. the covid-19 and other natural disasters will continue to be locally executed. state mandated and federally supported. the president made an unprecedented decision to declare an emergency on march 13th, and since then the team has worked tirelessly for the impact. many have risked their lives to do so. for the first time in history we have a disaster in every state, district and to date responded to 114 active disasters and from the island of sypan, to the hardland. the magnitude has required fema to both reexamine our past practices and reduce risk to our staff, as much as possible, while accomplishing our mission. during more common national disasters, they have events that are limited in geographic scope and impact and responding to covid-19 and other natural disasters in 2020, fema met the more difficult task of managing finite medical equipment rather than managing resources we're managing shortages. we've work
as the fema administrator it's been my honor to work alongside dedicated members of fema. i want to recognize the partners commitment in the nation's response. the covid-19 and other natural disasters will continue to be locally executed. state mandated and federally supported. the president made an unprecedented decision to declare an emergency on march 13th, and since then the team has worked tirelessly for the impact. many have risked their lives to do so. for the first time in history we...
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fema or this outside the plo? this confusion is a recipe for failure and also another thing madam chair the department needs to follow the law and you even have written letters to the president on this. another critical issue i hope we can address is the role of the department of defense. during a mega disaster department of defense forces will be needed quickly in and i understand there is an effort to thwart, first obviously what is the effort of dod, they need to be quickly and we saw how well how they responded during katrina. and i have to be well coordinated with fema and a half to be a supporting role to the states, this is when they run out of resources is when you need dod to come in and if it is a big disaster to come in big red anderson that debarment is recommending a change when responding to disaster and have heard that the change and potential change has caused frantic considerable concern among a number of governors and i have to admit that i share many of the governors' concerns. so i hope we can
fema or this outside the plo? this confusion is a recipe for failure and also another thing madam chair the department needs to follow the law and you even have written letters to the president on this. another critical issue i hope we can address is the role of the department of defense. during a mega disaster department of defense forces will be needed quickly in and i understand there is an effort to thwart, first obviously what is the effort of dod, they need to be quickly and we saw how...
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fema is right here. we think are very much, double-team and make it up to $33,000 if you're eligible for home and/or apartment and it's still going. now, if you don't have a fema registration number, you're in the dark and we are asking for it to be extended because i've come across people who have not got it. get your fema registration number. and if you get that number, you're in the system and you can get more and more information about how they can be helpful. they can be helpful in more ways than just money. everybody should get the fema tracking. i call a tracking number. it's not tracking it. it is registration. again, we thank you very much for opening up his home to all of us. we had the greatest of generosity that he does. thank you for that. we will head out. help us serve. not doing anything right now. it's not working inside right now. [inaudible] >> and congressman sheila jackson lee for taking the time to come out and address us today and it's very important initiative that we have. thank
fema is right here. we think are very much, double-team and make it up to $33,000 if you're eligible for home and/or apartment and it's still going. now, if you don't have a fema registration number, you're in the dark and we are asking for it to be extended because i've come across people who have not got it. get your fema registration number. and if you get that number, you're in the system and you can get more and more information about how they can be helpful. they can be helpful in more...
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and, in fact, in the report that fema released in january, fema noted that neither hhs nor fema understood the domestic supply chain at the beginning of this response. so to what extent were agencies aware of this knowledge gap? and what's being done right now to identify and manage those gaps in advance of future incidents? and then who really should be the lead with respect to this question of supply chain management? should this be fema? should this be hhs? and how do we make sure we are not caught unaware in the way that we were last spring and summer? >> so from the organizational standpoint, the natural response coordination center once stood up nationally is the overall coordinating mechanism. what they did is establish a supply chain task force to focus in on the medical supplies of this event. and it took them sometime to get a hold of and understanding of that supply chain. it's very complex as far as who are the big manufacturers, where is the manufacturing happening at, where are the resources needed to do the manufacturing, what is the capacity of that within the united states
and, in fact, in the report that fema released in january, fema noted that neither hhs nor fema understood the domestic supply chain at the beginning of this response. so to what extent were agencies aware of this knowledge gap? and what's being done right now to identify and manage those gaps in advance of future incidents? and then who really should be the lead with respect to this question of supply chain management? should this be fema? should this be hhs? and how do we make sure we are not...
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fema was well-prepared for ida. because of the congressional the 15 years since katrina we have the authority to give us the flexibility to lean in quicker than we have in theuc past. the full force of the federal family is in position so we can respond quickly. we prepositioned millions of liters of water millions of meals specialized response teams in numerous resourcesiz from our federal community did a play based on immediate need after the storm had passed. at fema we have seen the disaster response was locally executed managed and federally supported and i'mst proud of how well we supported our state and local partners in responding tol the storm. this is particularly true given the special challenges involved in responding to a disaster amidst ongoing covid-19 pandemic. third is the storm hit the united states fema was ready to implement important policy changes tot help underserved communities which are often disproportionately impacted. to obtain individual assistance to the full extent that they are eligib
fema was well-prepared for ida. because of the congressional the 15 years since katrina we have the authority to give us the flexibility to lean in quicker than we have in theuc past. the full force of the federal family is in position so we can respond quickly. we prepositioned millions of liters of water millions of meals specialized response teams in numerous resourcesiz from our federal community did a play based on immediate need after the storm had passed. at fema we have seen the...
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fema provided no. despite increase since we were not notified of the supplemental request until it was submitted to congress in august. last month. and the request was tied to ukraine's pending. in the wake of one of the deadliest fires in united states history, a supplemental request for additional disaster funding comes with strings attached to ukraine. think about that in the audience if you are watching us. the american tax payer, the people that are suffering from disasters and somehow could not be bothered to discuss getting the drf refunded until august and it is tied to ukraine. >> i cannot reconcile that. i have overarching concerns about decisions being made. domestic response activities tied to ukraine. we see fema under the administrations, significantly expanding its mitigation programs and ways that no longer require projects to demonstrate that they will, in fact, reduce cost or save lives. all in the name of equity and climate change. female resources. despite, fema being understaffed a
fema provided no. despite increase since we were not notified of the supplemental request until it was submitted to congress in august. last month. and the request was tied to ukraine's pending. in the wake of one of the deadliest fires in united states history, a supplemental request for additional disaster funding comes with strings attached to ukraine. think about that in the audience if you are watching us. the american tax payer, the people that are suffering from disasters and somehow...
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we convince fema to give the advance and it has been a total success now fema has allowed us to expand that agencies and ngos. that is making a difference. >> and we look forward to hearing from them. >> . >> thank you chair for allowing the opportunity to ask questions and for public service. the electric grid is so fragile every natural disaster seems to cause widespread power outages and the achilles' heel of the electric grid is lack of redundancy. so what progress are you may gain toward rebuilding the grid with more distributed energy? >> first let me say we need the inadequate reserve in terms that we don't have at the moment because of plants feeling are in need of repair that's why what fema is doing now to increase power generation and is like giving us breathing room while we keep rebuilding the system it makes all the sense in the world so we are going at a expeditiously. we already have 1000-megawatt renewable projects and we also have one is about to be launched with the capacity from renewable from solar sources along with 500 megawatts with battery storage it is industr
we convince fema to give the advance and it has been a total success now fema has allowed us to expand that agencies and ngos. that is making a difference. >> and we look forward to hearing from them. >> . >> thank you chair for allowing the opportunity to ask questions and for public service. the electric grid is so fragile every natural disaster seems to cause widespread power outages and the achilles' heel of the electric grid is lack of redundancy. so what progress are you...
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and we learned a very valuable lesson, and that was the fema we had during katrina and rita was a fema that just didn't work, i translated to make any sense. it's gotten a little bit better a lot of the rules, and i just want to be clear about this, because of what the mayors to understand a lot of the rules that fema is operating under our rules that are set up by this united states congress. and that stafford act, which is just a colossal mess, is our stafford act. and when i got here, when i was elected i took my memories of katrina and rita and introduced a fema reform act which has not seen the light of day because it just has not been a priority. so i would hope that both sides can come together, especially after south carolina, west virginia, and all of the other disasters that fema has to respond to so that we can make things make sense. and i think that you have to give a fema administrator the ability to waive the provisions of the stafford act when there is -- two-way -- was a different way that could create substantial savings but it makes no sense to me that we would spend
and we learned a very valuable lesson, and that was the fema we had during katrina and rita was a fema that just didn't work, i translated to make any sense. it's gotten a little bit better a lot of the rules, and i just want to be clear about this, because of what the mayors to understand a lot of the rules that fema is operating under our rules that are set up by this united states congress. and that stafford act, which is just a colossal mess, is our stafford act. and when i got here, when i...
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not just fema's. don't have the authority, nor die want the court to do the permanent work to rebuild the power grid for the future. that is up to the commonwealth of puerto rico and to preppa and if we want to prevent deaths and make sure the infrastructure is mained, then i would strongly suggest that the committee call them to understand what their plan is going forward and how they're going to use billions of dollars of taxpayer money to rebuild the power grid and the infrastructure for the future. if you recall i had to ask for special authorities to fix all of the deferred maintenance of the infrastructure and i should have never been placed or fema should have never been placed in that situation to begin with. that opportunity happen across the rest of the globe. >> so here again -- >> well, okay -- >> -- here again -- fit hit fema but if we truly care about the future of puerto rico we have to understand how the power authority is prepared or capable or even if they're even capable of rebuildi
not just fema's. don't have the authority, nor die want the court to do the permanent work to rebuild the power grid for the future. that is up to the commonwealth of puerto rico and to preppa and if we want to prevent deaths and make sure the infrastructure is mained, then i would strongly suggest that the committee call them to understand what their plan is going forward and how they're going to use billions of dollars of taxpayer money to rebuild the power grid and the infrastructure for the...
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we have our fema number. >> while. i'm glad. >> we have our fema number. [inaudible conversations] >> i appreciate you all greatly. >> we appreciate you giving us the opportunity to help. >> you have helped me more than once and you seen the devastation and we are very grateful to you. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> can i take a picture? >> where my looking? >> thank you for what you do. >> thank you. >> i want to announce for them when they come out with you all. [inaudible conversations] he knows when i come, i do what i want to do. i don't want them to leave on that. i'm going to go in and speak generally and then come out. senator recognized. ms. warren: mr. president, 12 days ago equifax, one of the nation's largest credit reporting agencies, disclosed that hackers had breached a system and stolen highly on
we have our fema number. >> while. i'm glad. >> we have our fema number. [inaudible conversations] >> i appreciate you all greatly. >> we appreciate you giving us the opportunity to help. >> you have helped me more than once and you seen the devastation and we are very grateful to you. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> can i take a picture? >> where my looking? >> thank you for what you do. >> thank you. >> i want to...
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fema is not first responder. fema should not be primary and only responder. my job to work directly with governors to understand what the response and recovery goals or preparedness goals, mitigation goals are, organize our resources to help that governor achieve those goals. and in texas i do believe that is the model that was played out. that is the model we should be seeking for. the problem particularly is what is complex is housing. as i said i would like to lay out a new vision for housing but it would require granting authorities being given to me to help, from the congress to reorganize. for example, we're not housing experts. we're literally good at doing emergency housing provisions. we're good at sheltering. we're good at blue tarp missions with the army corps of engineers. we're good at transition shelter authority. we put 4.7 million people in hotels, excuse me, 4.7 million nights in hotels has been coordinate the to this point t would take a person over, like 12,000 years to stay in hotel that many nights. let us identify what we're good at. giv
fema is not first responder. fema should not be primary and only responder. my job to work directly with governors to understand what the response and recovery goals or preparedness goals, mitigation goals are, organize our resources to help that governor achieve those goals. and in texas i do believe that is the model that was played out. that is the model we should be seeking for. the problem particularly is what is complex is housing. as i said i would like to lay out a new vision for...
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to reach this goal in mid-2019 fema and limited for the first time it's fema celebrated award strategy, or fast. in september 2020 under the fast, cmac obligated $9.5 billion of federal share to prepa for the long-term permanent work reconstruction based on a fixed cost estimate here although they have taken proper sticks to accelerate the rate construction phase of the disaster including fast initiative, it also came with limitations and restrictions. first, fema disaster recovery programs are based on reimbursement model. it is the consent since puerto rico and prepa prior to hurricane maria were in a fiscal and economic crisis that resulted in the declaring bankruptcy in 2017. second, fast only greater a mechanism to agree on universal project for all permanent work projects and didn't include authorization for construction. therefore, coppa and luma are required to submit the ship prepa -- for a specific project to fema through the national delivery model. once the scope of work is obligated by fema than prep and luma are authorized to proceed to the construction phase and request
to reach this goal in mid-2019 fema and limited for the first time it's fema celebrated award strategy, or fast. in september 2020 under the fast, cmac obligated $9.5 billion of federal share to prepa for the long-term permanent work reconstruction based on a fixed cost estimate here although they have taken proper sticks to accelerate the rate construction phase of the disaster including fast initiative, it also came with limitations and restrictions. first, fema disaster recovery programs are...
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and is held this year on fema's workforce, fema's workforce has experienced several challenges related to recruitment, retention, and training for example. i understand that fema is working to address these challenges and i look forward to hearing more today about how the agency is working to help this incredible workforce thrive. investing in fema's workforce ensures that they will be continued to prepared for cat tackling they request to contain several initiatives to help support and strengthen fema's workforce. the for the incident management workforce. fema administers preparedness grants to states and local such as the urban area security initiative and the state homeland security program. see these funds assist states with building and maintaining homeless clarity capabilities to prepare for and prepare for threats. as a former law enforcement when i was a police chief. i relied i relied on the program to keep my community safe. . last year i introduced hr 50 1:15 that recognizes the. importance of an important security capabilities achieved funding for communities. i am pleased
and is held this year on fema's workforce, fema's workforce has experienced several challenges related to recruitment, retention, and training for example. i understand that fema is working to address these challenges and i look forward to hearing more today about how the agency is working to help this incredible workforce thrive. investing in fema's workforce ensures that they will be continued to prepared for cat tackling they request to contain several initiatives to help support and...
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>> i am not from fema. i do want to note there are oftentimes where the national emergency management of frustration will have opportunity to provide comment and feedback on the accessibility of policies and different program changes. that's an excellent suggestion and something i'd like to take back to our organization to take a look at. >> by the way don't use your people because your people understand fema lot better than most people do so you need to go to the public and say i have this form and we wanted to do this. do you understand that they want to do this or is it something else he does a lot of these forms are really intimidating especially from the federal government. secondly we need to make this easier and maybe my idea would he to empower the states more and empower the counties more to be more accountable to the process and to actually be more on the block grant predicted an estimation of what the damages are any get a block grant to ask states what they need and then they have to justify it
>> i am not from fema. i do want to note there are oftentimes where the national emergency management of frustration will have opportunity to provide comment and feedback on the accessibility of policies and different program changes. that's an excellent suggestion and something i'd like to take back to our organization to take a look at. >> by the way don't use your people because your people understand fema lot better than most people do so you need to go to the public and say i...
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does fema got this? do you have america's back as we go into these challenges over the next few months? mr. gaynor: sir, i hope we've demonstrated over many years that fema is an organization that's committed to the safety of america and the response to those most in need after a disaster. and for context, since we've been responding to covid-19, early on, we responded to an earthquake in puerto rico, we responded to flooding in michigan. we responded to tornadoes in southern states. we're ready every day. there's no doubt that covid-19 makes this more complicated. mr. rouda: but you're confident you got this? mr. gaynor: sir, this is not just fema responding. this is whole of government response. mr. rouda: i understand. mr. gaynor: i have many partners -- roud row but you guys are the tip of the spear. i'm encouraged to hear you say that because that's what america wants to hear. they want to hear that fema is ready to take on these challenges. let me ask you a few other questions here. i want to focus
does fema got this? do you have america's back as we go into these challenges over the next few months? mr. gaynor: sir, i hope we've demonstrated over many years that fema is an organization that's committed to the safety of america and the response to those most in need after a disaster. and for context, since we've been responding to covid-19, early on, we responded to an earthquake in puerto rico, we responded to flooding in michigan. we responded to tornadoes in southern states. we're...
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that fema's existing i.t. system was not integrated do not meet user needs ar are cumbersome to operate and do not provide the i.t. capabilities needed by users to carry out disaster operations, response and recovery operations in a timely, efficient and effective manner. furthermore, fema doesn't have a documented inventory of a system of support disasters nor does it have a comprehensive strategic plan with clearly defined goals for its components. program and field offices we found are continuing to develop i.t. systems independently of the cios office and slow to adopt fema standard i.t. development approach. without modern, integrateded systems, fema's hard pressed to perform at its best as evidenced by the fraud, waste and abuse that has plagued the agency since its inception. it cannot prepare timely and reliable financial reports from which to make financial or informed financial management decisions. cannot readily share critical information with its own ranks or with its federal partners, the federal
that fema's existing i.t. system was not integrated do not meet user needs ar are cumbersome to operate and do not provide the i.t. capabilities needed by users to carry out disaster operations, response and recovery operations in a timely, efficient and effective manner. furthermore, fema doesn't have a documented inventory of a system of support disasters nor does it have a comprehensive strategic plan with clearly defined goals for its components. program and field offices we found are...
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>> it was the fema ig. after a catastrophic disaster, what has to be considered, building codes are only for a life safety protection. in other words, the building won't fall down. what we did after north ridge was worked with the hospital, specifically the ucla hospital system, to rebuild those buildings for a continuity of operations so if there was another earthquake, those buildings not only would not collapse, they would be able to be fully functional. obviously hospitals are sanctioning anything critical after a disaster particularly an earthquake. those kinds of innovations that we took and ran with, what frances has talked about and what we have talked about, unfortunately, state and local governments are so strapped post disaster, they cannot meet that match. it is the last priority when it should be the first priority. we have all sorts of evidence that shows that when we do the mitigation for $1, the federal government saves $4 in future disaster costs and the congressman that talked about floodi
>> it was the fema ig. after a catastrophic disaster, what has to be considered, building codes are only for a life safety protection. in other words, the building won't fall down. what we did after north ridge was worked with the hospital, specifically the ucla hospital system, to rebuild those buildings for a continuity of operations so if there was another earthquake, those buildings not only would not collapse, they would be able to be fully functional. obviously hospitals are...
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to fema to through the gao for houston? >> congressman green mitigation is one of my top rarities. we need to be able to take a lot of efforts and work towards a weekend due to prevent these natural disasters. i'm aware in appreciate the struggles that harris county and houston is facing. we do have a number of programs and the one that you are mentioning his supposed disaster program and its administrative estate and passes through the state whichch means it would goo gao in your case. we also have predisaster in mitigation. the infrastructure andnd communities program in which you can apply directly to fema. i'd be happy to have my original office get in touch with your staff to talk about ways we can make sure they are taking advantage of this predisaster program. >> i would greatly appreciaten it. and cannot happen rather quickly because there are other things that does are happening with the dol and this can have an impact. will someone contact my staff or who is the proper person to contact? >> my staff will follow pu
to fema to through the gao for houston? >> congressman green mitigation is one of my top rarities. we need to be able to take a lot of efforts and work towards a weekend due to prevent these natural disasters. i'm aware in appreciate the struggles that harris county and houston is facing. we do have a number of programs and the one that you are mentioning his supposed disaster program and its administrative estate and passes through the state whichch means it would goo gao in your case....
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fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding and especially paying out funds. based on this data, only to one-third of the cdbg dr funds have been dispersed and only 15 percent of the other funds paid out. this certainly shows why a comprehensive look into disaster spending as well as cost and losses is needed. in an era of growing government debt, we need to insure federal spending is necessary and cost effective. right after i became a member of congress in 2011, my own district was hit hard by hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. i remember in blooms burg a family stayed -- blooms berg a family stayed in their home, but the creek rose to
fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding...
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fema has a goal of reducing the complexity of fema. i certainly, as a recipient of grant funding and navigating that process, agree with that forward thinking. i look forward to evaluating along with the administrator and bringing a set of fresh eyes as to how we have been successful. also, i am very mindful as you have stated here, that communities that often can afford it the least are most often impacted. when we look at programs through the lens of equity, sometimes the length of recovery negatively impacts that equity. i look forward to working with you and your staff as well as the fema staff to address those issues from that perspective. sen. padilla: thank you. on the issue of equity, how do you envision working with traditionally disadvantaged communities to make sure they are treated more equitably, whether it is the grant applications, consideration of grant applications, approvals versus denials, etc.? mr. hooks: again, thank you for the question. i believe that the use of technical assistance both of the federal level and
fema has a goal of reducing the complexity of fema. i certainly, as a recipient of grant funding and navigating that process, agree with that forward thinking. i look forward to evaluating along with the administrator and bringing a set of fresh eyes as to how we have been successful. also, i am very mindful as you have stated here, that communities that often can afford it the least are most often impacted. when we look at programs through the lens of equity, sometimes the length of recovery...
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>> there's not. >> there are no fema -- where are all the fema personnel staying? >> stay throughout the impacted areas. >> in a tent? >> most of them are in a hotel. most of our staff are staying in new orleans or lafayette. >> where are their meals coming from? >> excuse me where their meals come from? >> where do their meals come from? >> from the local community. >> who pays for that? >> they receive a per deem. >> okay. so, we have, we have hotels that are set up, let's keep in mind, hotel rooms are not available for general public. pretty much all the hotels are booked. so we have fema personnel staying in hotels. they get a per deem for their meals that are covered. all their stuff is set. those guys are taken care of. that is not a worry that they have. let me tell you about conversations with livingston parish sheriff. and ascension parish sheriff jeff wiley. their deputies are peeling off left and right because they don't have stability. these are the law enforcement community that are foundational to the recovery of these communities. their deputies are
>> there's not. >> there are no fema -- where are all the fema personnel staying? >> stay throughout the impacted areas. >> in a tent? >> most of them are in a hotel. most of our staff are staying in new orleans or lafayette. >> where are their meals coming from? >> excuse me where their meals come from? >> where do their meals come from? >> from the local community. >> who pays for that? >> they receive a per deem. >>...
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that fema's existing i.t. system was not integrated do not meet user needs ar are cumbersome to operate and do not provide the i.t. capabilities needed by users to carry out disaster operations, response and recovery operations in a timely, efficient and effective manner. furthermore, fema doesn't have a documented inventory of a system of support disasters nor does it have a comprehensive strategic plan with clearly defined goals for its components. program and field offices we found are continuing to develop i.t. systems independently of the cios office and slow to adopt fema standard i.t. development approach. without modern, integrateded systems, fema's hard pressed to perform at its best as evidenced by the fraud, waste and abuse that has plagued the agency since its inception. it cannot prepare timely and reliable financial reports from which to make financial or informed financial management decisions. cannot readily share critical information with its own ranks or with its federal partners, the federal
that fema's existing i.t. system was not integrated do not meet user needs ar are cumbersome to operate and do not provide the i.t. capabilities needed by users to carry out disaster operations, response and recovery operations in a timely, efficient and effective manner. furthermore, fema doesn't have a documented inventory of a system of support disasters nor does it have a comprehensive strategic plan with clearly defined goals for its components. program and field offices we found are...
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the department along with hhs, fema's fema leak that chordata response. we are responding to the pandemic. the tenth and we need to make sure the departments able to recover and utilize its mission essential functions and fulfill those functions every day not only during this crisis but odyssey when the crisis in as well. of course restore, enjoyable to restore trade, travel, commerce to the american economy as a move out of the pandemic and the country begins began to open un various stages. that's my priority. it's been my primary of the senior leadership of the department that the framework of which we are operating under. i also like to talk about medication. medication works. we talk about it a lot in the coronavirus task force that meets daily. we talk about social distancing, we talk about cloth face coverings. if you can't keep the social distancing which i would like to emphasize that. it's critically important we continue that social distancing, that social mitigation well beyond the end of this month, well beyond the end of next month. i think
the department along with hhs, fema's fema leak that chordata response. we are responding to the pandemic. the tenth and we need to make sure the departments able to recover and utilize its mission essential functions and fulfill those functions every day not only during this crisis but odyssey when the crisis in as well. of course restore, enjoyable to restore trade, travel, commerce to the american economy as a move out of the pandemic and the country begins began to open un various stages....
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from our folks at fema , often they fema system can actually disaster exacerbate racial and economic inequalities after a disaster. marginalized communities as you mentioned are often exposed to damage and have er less access to resources in order to recover and a trend that's only going to continue is climate change continues to create more frequent and more destructive disasters. so my question is straightforward. what more can fema do to promote equity within its programs and ensure that those who are hit hardest by these disasters and are generally folks who are economically disadvantaged and in communities of color? they need to have the opportunity to recover. what more should fema do. >> as i said in our opening statements , it's not one agency. it's a collaboration of agencies altogether. when you look at footprints like louisiana and you look at the multiple parishes that were impacted and you look at the neighborhoods that are geographically isolated in some cases a bit like a ports sulfur all the way down in whiteman's parish. oc homes maybe 15 homes and another 15 miles i
from our folks at fema , often they fema system can actually disaster exacerbate racial and economic inequalities after a disaster. marginalized communities as you mentioned are often exposed to damage and have er less access to resources in order to recover and a trend that's only going to continue is climate change continues to create more frequent and more destructive disasters. so my question is straightforward. what more can fema do to promote equity within its programs and ensure that...
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beyond that, fema doesn't do squat. fema does not come and rescue you. if people think that, get it out of your head. when they dial 9-1-1, it goes to a local fire station or police station. if it's a really big crisis, i guarantee you the local fire station and that local police department is going to be overwhelmed within about 12 hours. mutual aid and people will start back filling everything else. the point -- i want you to remember this. 300 plus people. who's going to come save you? unless you have your own personal firefighters. you are on your own. you are going a wonderful, magnificent job. making people realize you have a personal responsibility. it's not just to the family and neighbors. it's also too the firefighters that will show up and try to rescue you. if you are not ready and you haven't done what you need to do to take care of yourselves and that firefighter gets hurt or killed trying to do his job to take care of you, shame on you. you should have been more ready. yes, ma'am? >> how many employees of fema? do they have offices all ove
beyond that, fema doesn't do squat. fema does not come and rescue you. if people think that, get it out of your head. when they dial 9-1-1, it goes to a local fire station or police station. if it's a really big crisis, i guarantee you the local fire station and that local police department is going to be overwhelmed within about 12 hours. mutual aid and people will start back filling everything else. the point -- i want you to remember this. 300 plus people. who's going to come save you?...
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fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding and especially paying out funds. based on this data, only one-third of the cdbgdr funds have been dispersed, and only 13% of the fta funds have been paid out. now, this may be worth looking into in greater detail, and it certainly shows why a comprehensive look into disaster spending as well as cost and losses is needed. in an era of growing government debt, we need to insure federal spending is necessary and cost effective. right after i became a member of congress in 2011, my own district was hit hard by hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. i remember in bloomsburg a family stayed in their home
fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants no matter how much money fema receives. fema mitigation funds must be used on cost beneficial projects to insure the federal investment is a wise one. fema makes every effort to get money into the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. in the most recent data provided by the sandy program management office from march 2016, it appears that these agencies have been slow in awarding...
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only fema did. but it's generally understood that yes, this incident of national significance had to be -- you've got to do that first. whereas before, ms. bullock, fema use all its expertise, said to the president, this is xcom and he he was out like lightning. this didn't -- we got rid of this incident of national significance. we still do not have confidence that we will see the kind of instant action, if a catastrophe, something we've never seen before, something of the kind that mr. fugate talked of him coming of the son or, yeah, ohio. it's ohio like louisiana. they don't have the oil in ohio. somebody's got to make the call. and so my answer is, if somebody's got to make the call, does the statute have to say who should make the call? or is there playing in the statute of all you need is some backbone? what you're guaranteed to have, who should make the call. we got to make a judgment one way or the other. >> i would argue that the statute has -- provided the authority, but i think madam chai
only fema did. but it's generally understood that yes, this incident of national significance had to be -- you've got to do that first. whereas before, ms. bullock, fema use all its expertise, said to the president, this is xcom and he he was out like lightning. this didn't -- we got rid of this incident of national significance. we still do not have confidence that we will see the kind of instant action, if a catastrophe, something we've never seen before, something of the kind that mr. fugate...
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we worked closely with the coast guard through dhs and fema and fema requested an amphibious ship be deployed in the gulf and the port of galveston was definite stated by hurricane ike and there was over 100 obstacles in the channel and so the uss nassau was deployed there. we have any given day two ships on the east coast two ships on the west coast that would take on rotary wing hilos and the type you unhold vessels out in the back that you could respond and we had navy cbs on board that went ashore and worked with the locals to try to open the port facilities. again working at the request of fema. >> okay. now, you said you have ships on the east coast and the west coast. do you have any on the gulf coast? >> no, ma'am, not at this point. but the two on the east coast -- >> and they're able to get there on time and be prepositioned if you had enough notice? >> yes, ma'am. if we received a request from fema, we're prepared to move those. and as we move those again we're looking at the storm path to try to get them as close in a path as we can outside of the storm path. >> last ques
we worked closely with the coast guard through dhs and fema and fema requested an amphibious ship be deployed in the gulf and the port of galveston was definite stated by hurricane ike and there was over 100 obstacles in the channel and so the uss nassau was deployed there. we have any given day two ships on the east coast two ships on the west coast that would take on rotary wing hilos and the type you unhold vessels out in the back that you could respond and we had navy cbs on board that went...
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fema is overseeing it. what is fema's role in the grant program? >> absolutely, so, fema is the fiduciary agent. we will administer the grant on -- behalf of cisa, they are the subject matter experts, they will define the parameters in which individuals or organizations can request assistance. they will review the grant applications to make allocation determinations. so, this is a huge issue, a huge grant program, or very excited about it, cybersecurity waits for no one. so, is fema ready today to do what it needs to do? is it just waiting for cisa to finish setting up the program? what is the delay? like i said, last we heard it was late spring, early summer. you know, we are in early summer. >> congressman, i hadn't heard that timeline. i don't know specifically what the delay will be. we are working really closely with cisa. this is a brand-new grant program, we want to make sure that we get the requirements right so that we can reach out to those organizations that are going to benefit the most from this new grant program. >> so, you're working
fema is overseeing it. what is fema's role in the grant program? >> absolutely, so, fema is the fiduciary agent. we will administer the grant on -- behalf of cisa, they are the subject matter experts, they will define the parameters in which individuals or organizations can request assistance. they will review the grant applications to make allocation determinations. so, this is a huge issue, a huge grant program, or very excited about it, cybersecurity waits for no one. so, is fema ready...
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we worked closely with coast guard through dhs and fema and fema requested amphibious ship be deployed into the gulf, and the port of galveston was devastated by hurricane ike and there was one over 100 obstacles in the channel so the uss wasp way and we have any given day two ships on the east coast and to on the west coast primarily amphibious that can take on rotary wing also the time to unload all the back that can respond and we had navy seabees on board that went ashore and worked with locals to try to open the port facilities. i can working at the request of fema. >> you said you have to on the east coast and west coast, do you have any on the gulf coast? >> not at this point but the two on the east coast would respond -- >> they are able to get there in time? andy notice? >> yes, ma'am. if we receive a request from fema we are prepared to move those and as we move those again we are looking at that have to get clothes into a port as we can outside of the storm passed. >> last question mr. fugate and i'm going to submit several about pets, about coming into disaster loans and ot
we worked closely with coast guard through dhs and fema and fema requested amphibious ship be deployed into the gulf, and the port of galveston was devastated by hurricane ike and there was one over 100 obstacles in the channel so the uss wasp way and we have any given day two ships on the east coast and to on the west coast primarily amphibious that can take on rotary wing also the time to unload all the back that can respond and we had navy seabees on board that went ashore and worked with...
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that fema has prepared. and with the plans of the virgin islands as we were struck by another hurricane. and school businesses so in recent weeks has seen exponential growth here in they, territory. and then to have shelter after the storm in the virgin islands and those covid cases continue to grow hear the virgin islands.? ye >> thank you for your support. appreciated. i will try to get to all of them to visit all three islands inov early january that we are addressing all of the issues the territory was experiencing and to get schools reopened and that partnership with the governor and today in preparedness for hurricane season and then more commodities on puerto rico h than before when it comes to covid-19 working with the governor with the surge capacity and then to make sure they have adequate ventilators and if there is a need and all that capability they require. >> what is the plan? >> i would have to talk to find out the steps that they have but we'll see what the plan is and how we support that. '
that fema has prepared. and with the plans of the virgin islands as we were struck by another hurricane. and school businesses so in recent weeks has seen exponential growth here in they, territory. and then to have shelter after the storm in the virgin islands and those covid cases continue to grow hear the virgin islands.? ye >> thank you for your support. appreciated. i will try to get to all of them to visit all three islands inov early january that we are addressing all of the issues...
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they've requested support from fema and then we, fema was able to provide the army corps of engineers and they were on the ground after kevin called them i think at like 3:00 in the morning, and they were on the ground in southwest florida until yesterday in the afternoon and they've been work to go assess that situation and we also have florida national guard to help the army corps of engineers if they need it and that will be something to be very, very critical to be able to get that back and it may require more of a rebuild. maybe it will require more short-term remediation and that's clearly a top priority and we're thankful that fema pan the army corps are there helping out. we have, obviously, there is a lot of folks in affected areas that evacuated. some did shelter in place as of last night. we've contacted over 20,000 floridians that filled out a shelter in place survey on florida disaster.org and over 10,000 have responded and all 10,000 say they were safe and sent the first alert last night and are expecting more responses this morning. cell phone connectivity, sometimes it
they've requested support from fema and then we, fema was able to provide the army corps of engineers and they were on the ground after kevin called them i think at like 3:00 in the morning, and they were on the ground in southwest florida until yesterday in the afternoon and they've been work to go assess that situation and we also have florida national guard to help the army corps of engineers if they need it and that will be something to be very, very critical to be able to get that back and...
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you can register by visiting disasterassistance.gov through the fema app and calling 1800-621-fema. 1-800-621-3362. and now that the sun is up and we're continuing to do our assessments, we'll add more counties for individual assistance. the next few days will be difficult and like i said, we have the right teams in place who are ready to help those who need us most. fema and our partners across the federal, state, and local levels remain repaired to help the community in their greatest time of need. thank you. >> one more thing >> red cross is there and steps up and continues to step up. i want to thank them as well. >> describe your relationship and conversation with governor desantis. >> it's totally irrelevant but i'll answer it. he was fine and he complimented me and thanked me for the response and he was extremely happy with what's going on. this is not about with politics. this is about saving people's lives, homes and businesses. that's what this is about and i talked to him four, five times already. it's not a matter of my disagreements with him on other items. >> do you hold
you can register by visiting disasterassistance.gov through the fema app and calling 1800-621-fema. 1-800-621-3362. and now that the sun is up and we're continuing to do our assessments, we'll add more counties for individual assistance. the next few days will be difficult and like i said, we have the right teams in place who are ready to help those who need us most. fema and our partners across the federal, state, and local levels remain repaired to help the community in their greatest time of...
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it's a lot more than just fema. everybody is expecting it's just fema who does the response and the recovery, they're mistaken. emergency manageable like a chair with four legses. one leg is the federal government, the second leg is the state and local governments, the third leg is the private sector and nongovernmental organizations and the fourth leg is a prepared citizenry that is properly insured and involves neighbor helping neighbor. well onfour legs to that chair are present, then disaster response and recovery goes pretty well. we have seen that model tapes in california, or as congressman ross said in florida. we have seen it take place in a lot of the minute and that's the common denominator success. that was not what was present going into puerto rico unfortunately and now i'm working every day to make sure that all four of those legs are part of that chair, because of one living is missing that chair is less stable and we have to do everything we took bolster state and local capability, private sector ca
it's a lot more than just fema. everybody is expecting it's just fema who does the response and the recovery, they're mistaken. emergency manageable like a chair with four legses. one leg is the federal government, the second leg is the state and local governments, the third leg is the private sector and nongovernmental organizations and the fourth leg is a prepared citizenry that is properly insured and involves neighbor helping neighbor. well onfour legs to that chair are present, then...
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of coarse fema is there. had you -- is fema considered this account failure, what it could mean, not only in a real natural disaster. are you involved? and this disaster and helping romana and the various agencies and federal involved to write this situation so that we are sure particularly that there is the kind of communication that could enable rescue to occur? >> yes. i have a personal equity in this. that is the subway that i ride home on. i was not in town. it went a little bit earlier than normally. coming in and going home. i know that very spot in the tunnel and can tell you anytime a train stops in the tunnel now people start looking around where before it was just kind of like the normal pause. our national capitol region office does work with those entities. i ask that we need to wait till we get more from the investigations but we pledge our support through our national capitol region to the district and metro for any services they require. >> the national council region office is currently invol
of coarse fema is there. had you -- is fema considered this account failure, what it could mean, not only in a real natural disaster. are you involved? and this disaster and helping romana and the various agencies and federal involved to write this situation so that we are sure particularly that there is the kind of communication that could enable rescue to occur? >> yes. i have a personal equity in this. that is the subway that i ride home on. i was not in town. it went a little bit...
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visit disaster assistance.gov using the fema app or dial 18621 fema. start your registration process get the assistance and service you need. in addition, all 67 counties and 50 tribes, indians of florida & tribe of florida, they are eligible for emergency protective measures as well including search and rescue efforts. before i turn it over to my partners i want to remind everyone the storm is not over yet. just because skies are clear does not mean it's safe. water can be electrified, but in the other hazards, stay safe and continue to listen to local officials whether it south carolina, florida, georgia puerto rico, alaska, we will be there to support those impacted by disasters. we have the resources, the result and we remain ready to lean forward to continue to help those in florida and elsewhere jumpstart the recovery. thank you and i'll turn it over to daniel the spanish update. >> thank you so much. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in sp
visit disaster assistance.gov using the fema app or dial 18621 fema. start your registration process get the assistance and service you need. in addition, all 67 counties and 50 tribes, indians of florida & tribe of florida, they are eligible for emergency protective measures as well including search and rescue efforts. before i turn it over to my partners i want to remind everyone the storm is not over yet. just because skies are clear does not mean it's safe. water can be electrified, but...